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'Irio, chips mayai' now in Oxford English dictionary

Nyama Choma. 

Sambaza, chapo, and chips mayai are some of the newest entrants into the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

More Kenyan words found themselves in the dictionary in the latest update with 200 new and revised entries for East African English.

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